Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
! SOME OF THE THINGS OUR PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
Stray Bits Of Conversation and Brief Expressions oil
Opinion Upon Matters and Things Of General d
Interest 10 Our Readers.

eyes" said 4 real estate agent Saturday,
in p to an inquiry, although we
have very little booming, yet real property
in Wheeling is certainly advancing In
value. This is true in all parts OF the city,
but is possibly more noticeable on the
Island. Why, itty-three new buildings
were erected over there the past season,
and | Am perfectly willing TO risk my rep
utation as q prophet in predicting that
there will be twice as many built during
the coming year. And then look at the
prices. Take for example the Zane tract
sold two years since. All these lots are
now worth, and are bringing, two and
three times the prices paid then; or there
are the Fair Ground lots, sold last Mon
day, and yet l have already heard oil sew
eral purchasers being offered advances. l
could give other examples, but l think l
have given enough TO show You that the
old town is certainly growing"
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"rhe recent sales OF unimprOved prop
erty on the Island have panned out 80
well, " said q lawyer, Yesterday, "that there
is every prospect that we will nave fur
tber offerings ut auction in the spring. l
understand that Mr.. Schmulbach Is seri-
ously thinking of subdiyiding his land on
the upper portion of the ward, but before
doing so he will probably erect several
model cottages Oh a portion of the tract.
This land is very nicely situated, and will
90 like hot cakes. Before any more plats
OF vacant ground are made, however, the
CITY Council should enact some much
needed laws bearing on the subject. As
things are at present, the owner of. a tract
of land can lay it out just as he sees fit,
aud the result is that streets and alleys
are sometim,s conspicuous by their
absence. Squares are made five, six and
even seven hundred feet long, within alleys
running through them, and people have to
walk a quarter of a mile 70 get around the
block. South Broadway is a bright and
shining example Of this sort of thing, 1t
being about six hundred feet from Ohio
street TO the Base Ball Grounds, with no
opening when one gets there. The recently
| land ont old fair ground is as bad, neither
| MARYLAND or Kentucky streets having been
carried through to the river. There is
nothing gained by this for the owners OF
the land, rs if the streets were made In
the proper places the increased number OF
corner lots would make up for the land
taken by the streets. Every piece of land
| = A. .Ilr,1I hA nnn1nN-nN hu tho RnnF1
of Public Works before the land is offered
for sale"
"Why don't the Street Car company put
their larger cars on the Island Branch?'
said an Island gentleman yesterday, The
small cars are unable to hold the people on
Saturday afternoon and evenings, and the
company loose considerable by the lack OF
accommodation. understand they baye
the cars and could run them without ex-
ira expense"
~
81 am surprised" said one OF our lead
ing doctors, that more of our people do
not boil their drinking water. 1t is very
little trouble, and yet Judging from my
own experience, nine persons out of ten
prefer to run the risk of sickness, than to
go to this little trouble. Several of my
patients have complained of the taste, hut
this can be easily remGdied by pouring the
boiled water from one vessel to another I0I
q few times when it will I've hard to notice
any difference, as it becomes filled with
air
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"The meeting at Germania Hall this
evening should he largely attended" said
Secretary English. II the people OF Wheel
ing wish a bail team for next year that
will be a credit to the city, let them be
present this evening and subscribe for one
or more shares OF stock, and the directors
will see to it that they will not only have
a club but also a dividend to he proud OF.
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The railroads are the great sufferers by
the scarcity OF ~aieg tbs tall" said a rail
roader, yesterday. There has DeeI a
great deal OF trouble ON both sides of the
river, 445 the situation is becoming worse.
The C., W. ~ b. lavl nc water between
IOveland and ChiIliCotLe, being compelled
TO haul their supply for engine purposes
between these points. Midland City, an
important junction, IL dry, and through
out that entire stretch of country there Ia
a dangerous scarcity of water, and the
farmers are growing anxious about their
stock. The little creeks are all dry and
! the wells are failing. Suffering among
stock Saa..Gt he much longer put off. twas
80 dry in 1881 that tia railroads had to haul
water for a time but it was not "a bad chen
as it is now. The pastures are drying up
ana - the crops were a partial failure
anyhow TIE cattle 4na hogs will have to he
marketed i'll a half Fat eoldiIioG. From
| ChillicOthe east 10 Athens there j. no wa
ter, and several engines are kept busy
hauling a supply TO intermediate points.
All signs point now as they have been
pointing for a month or 40, to rainy weather,
bat all signs fail in dry weather. The B
x q. is also a great sufferer, there being no
water to speak of between Grafton and
farkeEsbl;g, or between Grafton and
Wheeling, aRd a GOsgos vi engines is kept
busy hauling a supply to the dsy WaUer
tanks"
Notice.
We will this day, November eth, reopen
our refrigerator and wholesale market for